Commentarius rerum suo tempore gestarum, oratio heliogabali ad meretrices, 1450 - 1499
Abstract
This is a northern Italian, late fifteenth-century manuscript containing two texts: Leonardo Bruni's Rerum suo tempore commentarius and his Oratio Heliogabali Augusti ad meretrices, which is preceded by an argumentum.
Dates
- Creation: 1450 - 1499
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
Written in Northern Italy in the late fifteenth century. Early provenance unknown. On f. ii verso in a 17th century hand: "Continet codex iste nitidissimus Leonardi Aretini Historiarum Sui Temporis Summarium in quo laudes Principum in Italiam tunc temporis dominantium habentur. In fine extat Oratio Heliagabali [sic] ad Meretrices iam edita apud Aldum Anno 1516 in 8 eodem Aretino auctore." On rear flyleaf (f. ir) in lead: "£4/ 1/7/22" and "3950". In the library of Phyllis Goodhart Gordan (bookplate) and John Dozier Gordan, Jr. Unidentified bookplate with initials MT inside a circle below a cross.
Authors
- Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
Other related names
- Gordan, Phyllis Goodhart, former owner
- Gordan, John Dozier Jr., former owner
- Gordan, Phyllis Goodhart, donor
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequest of Phyllis Goodhart Gordan to Bryn Mawr College in 1995.
Physical Description
Parchment support, ff. ii (modern parchment bifolium, i=front pastedown) + i (contemporary parchment) + 50 + ii (modern parchment bifolium, ii=back pastedown).
Twentieth century, red velvet over boards. Library no. "87" on small paper panel on spine.
ii+50+i; 225 x 146 mm bound to 233 x 160 mm;
Single column, twenty-four lines, ruled in red ink with double vertical bounding lines in red ink or hard point, pricking in the three outer margins; written area: 145 x 85 mm
Humanistic script. Written by a single scribe, marginal notes in the same hand.
The text begins on f. 1r and 43r with 4-line gold initials on a blue ground intertwined with white vine branchwork that is infilled with pink with blue dots and green and blue, with gold dots. Additionally in the lower margin of f. 1r a coat of arms above a spray of parchment branchwork outlined in blue and infilled with green and pink has been effaced so that the device is no longer visible. A similar 3-line initial appears on f. 43v.
Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Genre / Form
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